That's only part of the story. The reward also depends on the amount of votes before you and the voting power. Waiting until the 30 minute mark doesn't necessarily maximise your reward.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@calamus056/curation-rewards-explained-in-great-detail
So is it correct to say that author awards include things you write both articles and comments you write both on articles and comments you write on comments?
And curation awards are for up votes you make on articles and up votes you make on comments?
All actions you describe can return rewards but in different ways. Only author rewards, for authoring a post, not for commenting, can return rewards in SP (steem power) and SBD, other rewards are SP only. Authoring a post generates 'author' rewards, all other actions are called curation, a form of engagement with the author.
So are comments on comments curation also?
Hi @jefpatat, if you look down below at @fitzgibbon's reply, we linked that article for those who want to dive deeper. These toolkit posts are structured to give the most concise overview possible of topics of interest. We encourage Steemians to look further in the back end if they're interested in learning more and understanding the full spectrum of technical nuances. Thanks for linking!
great info